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Generic audit tool: Safe and secure handling of medicines in London trusts Vs1.1

11 September 2013This audit tool attempts to combine the best features of a number of examples offered by trusts in London after the NHS-wide audit commissioned by…

Audit Tools from National Pharmacy Procurement Specialists Committee (NPPSC)

2 September 2016The National Pharmacy Procurement Specialists Committee (NPPSC) have produced a number of audit tools which are available for use locally in trusts.  Trustswho have collected…

Patient Group Direction SPS Template Audit Tool

14 September 2020SPS have developed a template audit tool to support organisations in auditing aspects of PGD development and use.

National audit of RPS standards in secure environments

1 July 2019An audit tool based on the RPS Standards in Secure Environments is shared along with the national baseline audit undertaken in 2018

Patient Group Directions e-learning programme

8 December 2021E-learning developed in 2021 by SPS in partnership with UKHSA, HEE and eLfH to support professionals who use, develop, authorise, review or update PGDs.

The Training of Auditors to Undertake Audits of Unlicensed Aseptic Dispensing in NHS Hospitals 2nd edition (Yellow Cover)

24 May 2010This document describes the nationally agreed standards for the training and on going accreditation of EL auditors.  

Visits by Quality Assurance Personnel to Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Wholesalers 3rd edition (Yellow Cover)

24 May 2010This paper lays down the system under which a pharmaceutical company wishing to supply medicinal products to the NHS hospital service is assessed if a…

Using a Patient Group Direction to supply or administer a medication which is part of a clinical trial, study or pilot

26 June 2019The below summary advises on the use of PGDs to supply or administer a medication which is part of a clinical trial, study or pilot

Wholesale Distribution Authorisation Audit Edition 1 August 2014 (Yellow Cover)

18 August 2014

Standard Operating Procedure for Undertaking and Reporting EL(97)52 Audits, 8th Edition, January 2018 (Yellow Cover)

6 January 2015During 1997 EL(97)52 was issued which required external audit at an interval of 12 to 18 months of all hospital pharmacy departments preparing injections under…